Edgemont approves school budget after high turnout
Edgemont voters approve the district budget in a June 7 election with 1278 ballots cast, 827 in favor and 451 opposed, following a prior defeat. The budget funds normal equipment for the coming year and authorizes construction plans at Edgemont High School including a new library, cafeteria expansion, science labs, music room, and six classrooms, with separate contracts totaling about 944,337 and a million dollar expansion program.
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Edgemont
Alfred Larson
Larson
Thompson Retires As School Board Head Answers Critics
Dr. Thompson retires from the Scarsdale School Board on July 1 after six years and says the board will review the Shay report and related materials. Lloyd Sand questions open discussion while awaiting the Commissioner's ruling and urges transparent meetings on the Mt Vernon to Scarsdale student transfer proposal.
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Thompson
Board of Education
Segle
Kennet
W. Boar Presien
The
Inquirer
Wasserv
Lloyd Sand
Dr. Thompson
Sand
Shay
Stix Outlines Ad Hoc Housing Committee Aims
Trustee Carol Stix explains the Ad Hoc Committee on Housing of the Village Board leads discussions with the Village Club League of Women Voters Scarsdale Fair Housing Committee Neighborhood Associations and private citizens. Meetings and expert conferences yield a growing library of background material open to residents as proposals are weighed with broad public input before conclusions are drawn.
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Village Club
League of Women Voters
Scarsdale Fair Housing Committee
Crossways Open Week End Hours Set for Local Area
Crossways open last weekend will revert to regular hours on June 22. Special weekend hours served residents cleaning lawns and gardens in Scarsdale. Weekday hours run 7:30 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. and Saturdays to noon. This weekend area will be open Saturday and Sunday from noon to 3 p.m.
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Crossways
Poameer
Scarsdale
Summer job drive in Westchester tight as only 102 youths sign up
Pound says seven weeks of recruitment yielded 102 youths aged 16 to 21 for 200 summer conservation jobs. The plan aims to train them for autumn private sector work in landscaping and maintenance. The report notes $98,000 in grants for youth programs, with NAB and United Fund involvement, and a countywide coalition meeting set for June 18 at the White Plains County Center.
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Charles E. Pound
Westchester
Westchester County
Westchester Council of Social
Wood
Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
Westchester Caps
Council of Social Agencies
Council
United Fund of Westchester
A. Lawrence Crable
General Foods
National Alliance of Businessmen
Richard W. Brown
United Fund
Westchester Coalition
NAB
Little Theater
County Center
White Plains
William J. Strawbridge Jr
Urban League of Westchester
Washington, D.C
Village Outlines Plans for Station Area Housing and Services
At the June 11 village board meeting Trustee Dyson said preliminary floor plans for apartments in the Freightway area have been drawn. A study on Scarsdale Ave seeks cost figures for property purchase. The Ad Hoc Housing Committee explores subsidies for a low cost integrated housing pilot in a wealthy suburb. Taxi licenses will be renewed for three months while Darrow seeks financial data from Central Taxi. Bathhouse bids for the pool are due soon with site construction on schedule. Reassessment inspectors have surveyed 2,000 parcels, about 25 percent. Commendations were read for Fireman DiGiacomo whose quick action freed Mrs. Garbaty’s airway by removing a meat fragment. Letters praised the car department’s courteous response to a ladder accident. An executive session approved hearings for a local emergency powers ordinance granting police coordination and curfew-like measures, with police chiefs able to request aid from other governments. Summer meetings are slated for July 16 and August 13.
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Charles Dyson
Freightway
Scarsdale Ave
Avenue
Carol Stix
Committee On Housing
Scarsdale
Richard Darrow
Central Taxi
Conti
Saul Horowitz, Jr
Cooper Road
DiGiacomo
Thomas Fagan
John Harrison
Police Department
Ella Garbaty
Sydney S. Baron
Paddington Road
Woman Attacked and Robbed As Door Opened on Tuesday
Mrs Lillian Strickland, employed at 276 Mamaroneck Road, was struck in the face and sprayed with an unknown substance by a man who announced a special delivery letter. He took $60 and fled. police searched area. Scarsdale Police urge precautions like door chains and locked storm doors.
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Lillian Strickland
Max Kahn
Mamaroneck Road
Scarsdale
Donald Gray
Exra
Correction: Memorial Day Award Misstated
A correction notes last week's erroneous report on the Pearson Award for best marching Cub Scout Pack. The award was actually presented to Pack 60, not Pack 1.
Three-Way Democratic Primary Set In Scarsdale Next Tuesday
Scarsdale voters face Democratic, Conservative and Liberal primary contests on Tuesday June 18 with a three way Democratic fight for delegates and a single race for U S Senator and party posts. Polls run noon to 9 pm at all 18 polling places with party enrollment required to vote.
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Scarsdale
Liberal Party
U.S
Barry Langsam
Voters Service
League of Women Voters of
Pleuthner Seeks Injunction Over Village Razing Plans
Walter Pleuthner of 225 Heathcote Road petitions a stay and injunction to block demolition of his Scarsdale home after fires left it hazardous. The case challenges due process and constitutional rights, with the village seeking time to mount defense. Pleuthner, 83, an architect dating from 1906, designed the medieval oak timbered house.
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Walter Pleuthner
Heathcote Road
Pleuthner
Judy
United States
State of
New York
Scarsdale
Motion Peed
State Supreme Court
Clement
United States Naval Academy
Cornell
Columbia
New Principal At Edgewood
Scarsdale Board of Education named Dante Zacavish as Principal of Edgewood Elementary School. He comes from Irvington with 900 students and 54 teachers, replacing Harold Weinstein who resigned for a White Plains administrator post. Zacavish resumes Scarsdale duties after earlier teaching and consulting roles here. He will start August 1, and lives in Weston Connecticut with his wife and two children.
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Scarsdale Board of Education
Dante Zacavish
Edgewood
Zacavish
Irvington
New York
Scarsdale
Danbury State College
University of Connecticut
Weston
Connecticut
Donald Emery
Harold Weinstein
White Plains
Voting data for June 18 primary ballot choices
Voters face a June 18 primary with Democratic options for Senator Paul O'Dwyer Eugene H. Nickerson and Joseph Y. Resnick for District Delegate and unpledged or pledged slates by district. Liberal Party lists U S Senator Murray Baron and Jacob K Javits.
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Paul O'Dwyer
Eugene H. Nickerson
Joseph Y. Resnick
Two Local Women on Ballot in Scarsdale Primary
Scarsdale residents Virginia L Snitow and Rosalind Riegelman appear on the Democratic primary ballot for Tuesday. Snitow seeks delegate to the Democratic National Nominating Convention pledged to Senator McCarthy. Riegelman campaigns for State Democratic Committee woman and district delegate, previously pledged to Senator Kennedy, now calling the slate unpledged as to personalities but aligned with the candidate most clearly pledged to Kennedy's positions.
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26Th Congressional District
Kennedy
Max B. Berking
Richard Maas
William S. Randolph
McCarthy
William Q. Keenan
I. Philip Lipser
Virginia L. Snitow
Humphrey
Anthony J. Zaccagnino
Harold F. Hamilton
David E. Schol
Scarsdale
Virginia L Snitow
Rosalind Riegelman
Snitow
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Scarsdale Chamber of Commerce
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